Unless you are a misanthrope this annual open-entry competition is a happy
event. Now in its fifth year under the sponsorship of the titular law firm
(though it started in 1991) it is, in essence, an exhibition of potential
stories. Some of them many will know — from an intense, quick shot of the
musician Michael Stipe by The Times photographer Matthew Lloyd to a
study by Kate Peters of the Olympian Mo Farah, barely recognisable without
his broad smile, there can be few who are unfamiliar with their tales. But
these images tend to fade; it’s the unknown subjects who